Autobiography: literary books

This is that autobiography of a Saduddin Shpoon. He is well known Pashtun writer of novels and poetry.  Read More >>

Born in 1940, one of eight children, Maxine Hong Kingston is the daughter of Chinese immigrants to America. This...  Read More >>

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Eliza Fletcher (born Eliza Dawson) (1770–1858) was an English writer and literary patron who was a supporter of...  Read More >>

A pioneer pilgrimage, a tribute to Laura Ingalls Wilder, and a hilarious account of butter-churning obsession will...  Read More >>

The author of Lucky Town and Hot Wire recounts the story of his life, during which he struggled as a Hollywood writer,...  Read More >>

A group biography that tells the story of the interlinked lives of England's young Romantic poets.  Read More >>

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An incredibly funny first-person account of obsessive reading, The Wilder Life chronicles McClure's quest to find...  Read More >>

The first full scale biography of one of the most important patrons, politicians and entrepreneurs of the early...  Read More >>

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ANew biography of one of the key figures in British history focusing on both his writing and legacy.  Read More >>

Called the best essayist of his time by luminaries like Philip Roth, John Updike, and Edward Abbey, Edward Hoagland...  Read More >>

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300 plus pages of poems by this craftsman and engaged poet.  Read More >>

Paul Zweig grew up in Brooklyn, but left New York to explore Paris in the 1950s. After a decade in France, he returned...  Read More >>

Dramatic, humorous, and uplifting, this international bestseller offers a self-portrait of a courageous woman whose...  Read More >>

The interviews in this collection cover Walter Mosley's career and reveal an overarching theme: a belief in the...  Read More >>

In this incredible second book in a series of autobiographies, the poet, still in her teens, gives birth to a son,...  Read More >>

Reprint of the estimable biography originally published in 1982 and honored by a National Book Award and inclusion...  Read More >>

This vibrant portrait of Paris in the 1920s, published posthumously in 1964, is vintage Hemingway: evocative, self-mocking,...  Read More >>

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes turns his attention to the subject closest to his heart--teaching....  Read More >>

Seventy-six year-old Hillerman's stunning memoir is a loving tribute to family, a country at war and in depression,...  Read More >>